Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-07-14

In all from Northwestern
Fuel company. ...SG3 SI,G?2 90
whore their statement shows during the same
time they only sold him 526 tons and $50
difference of So, ,!099S
Mr. Colby, to account for this deficiency,
says that there was not enough money IN
some of the other appropriations and that he
had to use funds from the fuel fund and 9th
ers in order to carry out the several improve
meits. Hekepta statement of the amount
used on outside improvements, which he
found the second day of his examination, in
which he claimed he had used from the sew
eral funds s4,265 Exhibit @ on improve
mepts not provided for
He is an architect and builder, but he could
give no definite information as to the cost of
any other improvements except those given in
his list All of the improvements given by
claimed to have been completed by the spec
ial appropriation in the trustees report to
Governor Pierce, November 80, 1856:
Page Z, Trustees Report "Coal shed, cost
s625, built out of tue new building fund of
$4,000"
Page 4, Trustees Report: Three brick cis-
terms, built with money appropriated, s., $50,
to complete main building
Page 3, Trustees Report: They claim to
have put in a No. system of sewerage at a
cost Of l,5oO, just the amount appropriated
for that purpose In this statement he claims
TO have spent s700 extra.
Page 4, Trustees Report: The trustees
claim that out of the $3.50 for completing
main building the area walls were raised and
grading all DONE Colby now claims this cost
Page 5, Trustees Report: The trnstcos
claim that taking up the gas pipes and relay
ing the same was paid out of So 800 appropri-
teed for repairs. Colby now claims that this
was an outside matter and cost him S225
They also claim storm houses wero built
out of the same fund. Colby claims now $40
more and $145 for storm house on page ) of
trustees report, and Sl95 for repairing gas
house Here Is $3.50 work on sewerage over
and above appropriation (see pages Z and
trustees sod report where they clam it was done
for 81 800 The above covers all the extras
of Cobby's statement and amounts to s4,265,
and by following the report made by the trus-
tees these matters have all been accounted for
out of their appropriate funds.
The trustees claim to have given the report
on November 30, 1856, special attention, met
several tines to consider it, and that they
consider it true and correct. As tho trustees
failed to give definite account of the separate
bills Of the improvements made, l sent James
kingsbury and A. NJ English, contractors and
builders, to make estimates of tho costs of the
general improvements made under Cobby's
management and hereby submit thor
sworn statement, which shows that out of the
s3,25O appropriation all of the several i'm.
provements made and enumerated in Their
ieportet November oo lcSn ought 10 nave
been made Mt cost of s2,7371S; out of the
$4,000 appropriation s4,1993l; out of the
s2,5OO appropriation for repairs, SS9l 56; ac-
tual cost of improvements made 81, 12S 05; ap.
proprlated for the same S9,T which ought
to have left balance in those three funds OF
| sl,921 .95
On the ground improvement fund COLBY
claims to have accomplished everything on
the ground at n cost of So, 800, just the amount
of The appropriation, including the fountain
and concrete walk. The concrete walk wa,
paid for out Of tho fund for employees wages
by's voucher of April 19,lSS6, on improve
| ment of ground fund, he draws $500 for for
| est trees. Genera. Dewey, from whom th,
same were purchased, only received 500. an:
| Colby now says that is all he paid Dewey
but that he drew on estimates. He further
says that they commenced planting as soon a
they could go TO work in the spring, an,
| Dewey says he had an understanding witt
Colby as TO the price of the trees long prio
| to the time he commenced planting by tn
date); and yet Colby, on April 10, 1886, esti
| mates that the forest trees will cost him $500
/ Colby in testifying admits that he had mad
the contract with Dewey prior TO the time @
| commencing work.
Frcm the investigation just made, fin
there is q shortage in the following fund
handled by Colby:
APPROPRIATIONS
New building appropriation. .......$ 1000 {
Completing main building approp'n $3.50 c
Improving grounds appropriation. $500 {
Fuel fund appropriation. ......... 1850 Q
Repairing main building. g.......,. $500 {
Total appropriation. .....,... sa.4, TO (
SHORTAGE,
1 New building fund, completing main
1 building fsnd repairing main